diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
index a3a4995..a88e21f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.github/workflows/docs_build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+
 jobs:
+  linting:
+    # scheduled workflows should not run on forks
+    if: (${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }} && ${{ github.repository_owner == 'neuroinformatics-unit' }} && ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}) || (${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/lint@v2
+
   build_sphinx_docs:
     name: Build Sphinx Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8241bf2..768bcd4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,10 @@ repos:
           - id: check-manifest
             args: [--no-build-isolation]
             additional_dependencies: [setuptools-scm]
+    - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+      # Configuration for codespell is in pyproject.toml
+      rev: v2.2.6
+      hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        additional_dependencies:
+        - tomli
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 43b98b1..ed2a6e9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -143,3 +143,11 @@ extras =
 commands =
     pytest -v --color=yes --cov={{cookiecutter.module_name}} --cov-report=xml
 """
+
+
+[tool.codespell]
+# Ref: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell#using-a-config-file
+skip = '.git'
+check-hidden = true
+# ignore-regex = ''
+# ignore-words-list = ''